Nine criminal indictments were handed down in the Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday 10 Elul 5772 in what is being dubbed the �Jerusalem Lynch� case, referring to the assault on Arabs at Kikar Tzion in the downtown area of the capital.

The defendants include 19-year-old Shimon Siman Tov, 19, and the remainder is minors. The prosecution is treating the attack as a hate crime, pointing out that shouts of �Death to Arabs� and �Die Ahmad� were heard during the assault.

At the remand hearing, Siman Tov told the court �I don�t hate Arabs, don�t shout racial slurs and I was not even at Kikar Tzion when the attack occurred. I don�t know why I am here�.

The court has ordered Shimon and four of the minors held without bail pending the verdict in the trial.

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)